I am reminded of Issa, the last Yaqui (I think that was his tribe) Indian of northern CA found in the early 20th century. He knew nothing of modern life at all, until he was a grown man. After seeing modern life, he considered the “white man’s world” thus - clever, but no wisdom.
Of course, his limited contact and understanding of what “white man’s world” consisted of didn’t give him a broad view, but still I like his assessment to a degree. Modern technical scientific veiw and conclusions are clever, but not wise.
His name was Ishi.
And as much as he was really cool and all that, his assessment of what was “good” or “wise” in a society is hardly the gold standard as he was from a society and culture that went extinct.
Noting succeeds like success.